With 100% English Ancestry, I thought it might be really difficult to trace my ancestors back in England from Canada. Only my mother, her father and his mother were born in Canada. This Blog will talk about researching my English ancestors from Canada but also the ancestors of our son in law whose families stretch back far into Colonial French Canada. My one name study of Blake and of Pincombe also dominate my blog these days.

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Will of John Kingdon, Bachelor, North Molton, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/153/179, probated 11 Feb 1628

The testator, John Kingdon, of Northmolton, Devon, is listed as a bachelor. He mentions his brothers Henry and Philip. His nephew John Kingdom son of Philip Kingdon is mentioned as well as his Goddaughter Joane Radley. His mother was named Beaton Kingdon.

The reason for collecting this will is lost to time. Certainly North Molton always interests me as my Pincombe and other families lived in North Molton. I am also related to the Braye family. One of my Vicary cousins married into the Kingdon family in North Molton. However, as mentioned, the reason for collecting this will is totally lost to time but might be helpful to another.

1 In the Name of God Amen The2 xxvij th daie of February Anno domini One thousand sixe hundred twenty fouer3 I John Kingdon of Northmolton in the Countie of Devon Batchellor beinge4 sicke of body but in perfect minde and memory (thankes bee given to allmightie God) did make5 his present last will and Testament nuncupative in manner and forme following First he6 bequeathed his soule unto allmightie God his maker Redeemer and Saviour and his boddyq he committed to the earth from whence it came and to bee buried in the Church yard of North8 molton or else where it should please god Item he gave and bequeathed towards the repayring9 of the Church there vij d Item he gave unto the poore mens boxe there xij d Item he gave and10 bequeathed unto his Goddaughter Joane Radley vj d Item he gave and bequeathed unto Henry11 Kingdon his brother five pounds of lawfull money of England Item he gave and bequeathed12 unto Phillip Kingdon his brother five pounds of lawfull money of England Item he gave and13 bequeathed unto John Kingdon the Sonne of Phillip Kingdon five pounds of lawfull14 money of England. Item he gave and bequeathed unto Walter Brayes sixe children to each15 of them vj d apiece The rest of his goods left his debts paid and legacies discharged and his16 body decently buried he gave and bequeathed unto Beaton Kingdon his Mother, whom17 did make his full and whole Executrix and did ordeyne and appoint his welbeloved friends18 John Dee the elder and John Balle his Rulers and Overseers to see this his Testament to19 bee p[er]formed In the presence of John Dee John Balle and others being witnesses20 hereunto Signed Johis Dee sen21 Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum apud22 London Coram Venerabili viro domino Henrico Marten Milite legum23 doctore Curie Prerogative Cantuariensis Magistro Custode Sive Commissario l[egi]time24 constituto undecimo die mensis Februarij Anno domini iuxta Cursum et Computac25 [i]o[n]em eccliesie Anglicane (Millesimo Sexcentesimo vicesimo septimo Juramento Beaton26 Kingdon matris dicti defuncti et Executoris in huiusmodi Testamento nominat Cui27 Commissa fuit Administratio omnium et singulorum bonorum iurium et Creditorum28 dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter Administrando eadem ad sancta dei Evangelia29 Coram Johanne Coren Cl[er]ico Vigore Commissionis in ea p[ar]te al[ia]s Emanat Jurat ex[aminatus]